Pokemon Sword and Shield Player Hatches Over 500 Eggs and Finally Gets Shiny Litten

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A tradition almost as old as the franchise itself, shiny hunting in Pokemon games is a fan-favorite pastime that scratches that completionist itch that many players have when they play games involving a lot of collecting, and Pokemon Sword and Shield is no different. Actually, with upgraded, three-dimensional visuals and Pokemon models that are more detailed than ever, shiny hunting in Pokemon Sword and Shield is even more enjoyable for players than in other games.

Shiny Pokemon are rare variants of Pokemon that are colored differently from the standard version of that Pokemon with no other statistical or behavioral differences. Along with a Pokemon's nature, gender, form, and some other variations, shininess is one of the differences that Pokemon can have within their species. Shiny hunters are players that spend copious amounts of time searching for these shiny Pokemon and trying to catch them all.

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Redditor Mb0901 is one of these dedicated shiny hunters that goes to great lengths to obtain shiny Pokemon — such great lengths as going through the process of hatching 504 eggs before finally obtaining a shiny Litten. Unfortunately, they were unable to capture a video recording of the actual hatching, but they do share a video of their player character sending out the shiny Litten in battle against a wild Skwovet. The amount of time and patience it must have taken to go through 504 egg hatches in order to get the shiny Litten is extraordinary.

There are so many different Pokemon available in Pokemon Sword and Shield and they all have shiny variations, regardless of how their avatars appear in the overworld (once the player encounters the Pokemon, the